North Carolina - Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly

Greetings from 

Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly

Ridgecrest, North Carolina

Pritchell Hall, Rhododendron Hall, Auditorium

Ridgecrest atop the Great Divide and overlooking Royal Gorge, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is the Summer Capital of Southern Baptists.  The grounds cover 960 acres on which grow more than 600 species of flora.  Handsome buildings and numerous attractive cottages add charm to the particularly inviting location.

postmarked in 1953 with a 2 cent John Adams stamp

the sender writes:

We're here for "music week" and really it's the Sweetest Music this side of Heaven.  How I wish for you to share these spiritual blessings with me.  I am still loving you as I did "in the long ago" and will ever be grateful for you.

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Pritchell Hall, Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly, Ridgecrest, North Carolina

Pritchell Hall, the main hotel, around which center all social and recreational activities of the Ridgecrest Assembly is located atop the Great Divide and overlooking Royal Gorge in the hear of the Blue ridge Mountains, Ridgecrest is the Summer Capital of Southern Baptists.  The grounds cover 1100 acres on which grow more than 600 species of flora.  Handsome buildings and numerous attractive cottages add charm to the particularly inviting location.

1950

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Aerial View of Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly, Ridgecrest, N.C.

Atop the Great Divide and overlooking Royal Gorge in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, eighteen miles east of Asheville, North Carolina, is one of the Southern Baptist's two Summer Assemblies.  (The other Assembly is at Glorieta, New Mexico, established 1952).  The grounds cover 1900 acres on which grow more than 600 species of flora.  Handsome buildings and numerous attractive cottages add charm to the particularly inviting location.  Ridgecrest Camp for Boys and Crestridge Camp for Girls, a part of Southern Baptist's program convenes for two five-week sessions on these same grounds.
1959
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Pritchell Hall Lobby
Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly
Ridecrest, North Carolina

One of Southern Baptist's two Summer Assemblies, atop the Great Divide and overlooking Royal Gorge, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, eighteen miles east of Asheville, North Carolina.
1953